Dungannon woman Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid from Scotland have both been sentenced to six years and eight months for drug smuggling.
The two 20-year-olds have been held in custody in the South American country for the past five months after 11kg of cocaine was found in their luggage.
Both women maintained that they knew the drugs - worth an estimated £1.5m - were in their bags, but that a gang forced them at gunpoint to carry the cocaine.
The pair, who have already served four months in custody, faced a maximum of 15 years in prison if the case went to trial and they were found guilty.
They said they decided to plead guilty in the hope of getting a lighter sentence.
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